Chocolate Chippy Cakes (Vegan and Gluten-Free)
I don’t crave chocolate very often, but when I do, I am serious about it. Sometimes a handful of chocolate chips does the trick, so I looked for a way to incorporate my favorite chocolate chips into a treat that would cure my cravings. I love the Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips, and I found this fabulous recipe on the Enjoy Life website. The recipe is for 2 dozen mini cupcakes, but I made 12 regular sized cupcakes. This recipe is vegan and gluten free, so it can be enjoyed by many! This was my first time to use rice flour in a recipe, and I was very pleased with the result. These chocolate treats are very rich and taste wonderful right out of the oven when the chocolate chips are still melted! ENJOY!
Chocolate Chippy Cakes
Ingredients:
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/3 cup water
1/3 cup canola oil
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup superfine sugar
1 1/3 cup white rice flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 cups Enjoy Life semi-sweet chocolate chips
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. With a mixer, beat the applesauce, water, oil vanilla, cocoa, and sugar until smooth. Add the flour, salt, and baking powder and mix until well combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.
3. Spoon batter into greased mini muffin tins. Do not over-fill.
4. Bake for about 25 minutes, or until brownie is firm around the corners and leaves an indentation when poked in the middle. Let cool completely, then remove from the tin with a small knife or spatula.
5. Frost or dust with powdered sugar if desired.
I LOVE the Enjoy Life products – great recipe from the site!
These look amazing – I bet no one would ever even know that they’re vegan and gluten-free!
Another stellar job, Megan!
These look really delicious. They look so good, I can almost taste them. I love that you used applesauce in the recipe.
Looks yummy! A relatively healthy way to enjoy a chocolate treat.
oh yum! i know what you mean about chocolate -i keep a few carob chips around for when the craving hits. these cupppies looks awesome!
I crave chocolate all the time so if I make 12 of them, they will last exactly 2 days!!! hahaha….. they look scrumptious!!!
I love those products! And the cupcakes are to-die-for!
looks intense
and delicious!
Those look super rich… perfect for those chocolate cravings!
These look amazing! It is so hard to find a good, tasy, vegan chocolate muffin/cake. I’m definately saving this recipe. Thank you!!
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Those cupcakes look incredible! I just want to take one out of the pic and eat it!
So chocolate-y!
Looking forward to reading more
<3 jess
xoxo
Whoa, a chocolate cake with rice flour? Very cool. The more I bake, the more I realize that there really aren’t any rules, and things can really be egg and milk free.
Thank you so much for visiting my blog! I’m so glad you led me, in turn, to your beautiful blog! Your chocolate chip cupcakes look SO scrumptious! Thank you for the fantastic recipe – I’m looking forward to fixing these soon! Yay for vegan chocolate chips!
mmmmmm those look so chocolaty good!!!
And I’m trying to be good… these look fantastic. So fantastic that I want to eat one right now.
Wow, those cupcakes look great!
I wish I didn’t crave chocolate often. Ha, ha! It is always at the top of my list. These look great!
These look so amazing! I am going to bake them tomorrow!!! Thanks for the recipe.
My son has serious food allergies, including all dairy, so I experiment a lot with vegan/allergy friendly dessert recipes. These were great! Thanks for sharing.
I’ll try this wonderful recipe as i must follow a gluten-free diet. Thank you so much!